"I'm still so shocked," I admitted. My mind was still turning over the revelation, trying to fit this new piece of information into the picture I had of Kasteil.
I just couldn't wrap my head around it. How had Kasteil managed to hide something like that from me? We'd spent so much time together and yet this had never come up. Not once.
"Do you hate smokers?" Phoenix asked, tilting his head with genuine curiosity.
I paused, considering the question. Did I? I had never spent enough time thinking about smokers to hate them. Then again, I had also never imagined myself dating one. The thought had simply never crossed my mind.
I let out a quiet sigh, pushing my food around my plate with my fork. "I don't have a problem with smokers," I said absentmindedly. "I just don't understand why people smoke in the first place. Why willingly damage your lungs? Your whole body, really. It doesn't make sense to me."
